Transportation in Mauritania

Railways:
total: 704 km (single track); note - owned and operated by government mining company (2001)
standard gauge: 704 km 1.435-m gauge

Highways:
total: 7,720 km
paved: 830 km
unpaved: 6,890 km (2000)

Waterways: mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River

Ports and harbors: Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso

Merchant marine: none (2002)

Airports: 26 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 17
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 3 (2002)

See also : Mauritania